getNumber

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Description

Description:

Extract number from config entry.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

Number = getNumber config

Parameters:

config: Config

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

_value = getNumber (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> "Thing" >> "maxSpeed");

Additional Information

See also:

configFileconfig/nameconfigNamecountgetArraygetTextinheritsFromisArrayisClassisNumberisTextselect

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 04:45, 3 March 2007 (CET)

Donnervogel

Use getNumber to get boolean values from a config file. 1 equals true, 0 equals false and if no value is found (when a valid variable is undefined) 0.67 is returned.

Posted on 13 September 2011

Loki

With an not existing entry, getNumber returns 0.

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 - 07:53

ffur2007slx2_5

(ArmA3 1.14), It's recommended to use BIS_fnc_GetCfgData or BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry to get variable cfg data rather than conditioning via isNumber, isText, isArray, getNumber, getText and getArray combination.
Traditional workaround: _cfg = configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type" switch ( true ) do { case (isNumber _cfg): {getNumber _cfg}; case (isText _cfg): {getText _cfg}; case (isArray _cfg): {getArray _cfg;}; default {nil}; }; Recommended workaround: (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call bis_fnc_getCfgData; To return default value once entry was not found, we can use BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry instead of bis_fnc_getCfgData. [(configFile >> "CannonFire" >> "LightExp"),"lifeTime",0] call BIS_fnc_returnConfigEntry;//0.5 To compose collected Number into Array, use BIS_fnc_getCfgDataArray instead. (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call BIS_fnc_getCfgDataArray; To retype collected Number into Boolean, use BIS_fnc_getCfgDataBool. Anything bigger than 0 is true, otherwise false. (configFile >> "CfgVehicles" >> _SomeAddonClassName >> "DestructionEffects" >> "Smoke1" >> "type") call BIS_fnc_getCfgDataBool;